The moon sets 8:24 p.m. today, rises 10:56
a.m. Wednesday. It is three days after the new moon.

100 years ago today

1912: Crossed wires: "The Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Railroad officials are at odds with the Eastern
Pennsylvania Power Company over the wires of the latter which are strung over
the tracks of the railroad company near Washington
Street, Bangor. The railroad
people declare the power wires interfere with the operation of their telephone
and telegraph lines, and if they are not removed they will be cut down. Notice
to this effect was telephoned yesterday by the railroad people to operators of
slate quarries and others in and about Bangor
who use current supplied by the power company."

50 years ago today

1962: Lost and found: "Two lost Easton
brothers, 6 and 4, were happily reunited with their mother yesterday after they
were found in Palmer Township
crying in the rain and 'soaked to the skin.' Palmer police said the boys, Larry
Werkheiser, 6, and his brother David, 4, both pupils at the Wolf
School, somehow boarded the wrong
school bus when they were dismissed from their classes. A woman who lives in the
township called Palmer police when she spotted the boys walking along Freemansburg
Highway. The boys, who were sobbing, had one
umbrella between them and were not wearing raincoats. Police wrapped the boys
in blankets and took them to the Palmer
School, where no one could identify
them. Police then took the bedraggled boys to the Palmer police station and
called Easton police. While the
Palmer officer was talking to the Easton
desk sergeant the boys' mother, Mrs. Gladys Werkheiser, walked into the Easton
station to report her sons missing. The happy reunion followed soon afterward."

25 years ago today

1987: Going to the dogs: "Bangor
borough council will consider expanding its police force with a new
highly-specialized crime fighter —
a 2-year-old black German shepherd named 'Cinder.' Troy Serfass, a part-time
borough patrolman, offered to provide Cinder under his direction at no cost to
the borough for a 60-day trial. Serfass said he and Cinder are fully trained
and certified as a working team to perform routine patrol, crowd control,
security checks and searches for drugs, suspects and missing persons." Of
Cinder's effectiveness on suspected offenders, Serfass said, "She's an
intimidation factor."

Quote of the day

"We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't
it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions." — Jessamyn
West, American author (1902-1984).